Use vscode-loader with remote content in Electron

[paul-marechal]

We are currently working on an application running in Electron using the monaco-editor, but some use case requires the displayed Electron content to come from a remote server (over http/s).

Problem is, the loader seems to get lost, as it assumes the environment is Node, yet the resources should be fetched from a remote server.

Did you ever encountered such an issue ? What would be our options here ?

I am thinking about trying to trick the loader into detecting a browser environment, though I am not sure I will be able to do this.

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Extra infos: The loader works when the application is running in a browser, but once used within electron the loader gets lost.

[paul-marechal]

Resolved by modifying the prototype of AMDLoader.Environment so that isNode always return false when the electron-browser window is displaying http(s) content.

        if (isHttp) {
            Object.defineProperty(window.AMDLoader.Environment.prototype, 'isNode', {
                get: () => false
            });
        }

But I feel like this is not the best way to fix the issue.